This April 7, 1998 file photo shows capsules of the drug thalidomide at the Celgene Corp. in Warren, N.J, printed with a symbol warning pregnant or soon-to-be pregnant women against use of the drug that had caused thousands of infant deformities. It was one of epic tragedies of the mid-20th century: babies born without arms and legs, sometimes deaf or blind, sometimes with brain or heart damage - all because their mothers were nauseated or sleepless during their pregnancies and given Thalidomide to ease their symptoms. While the drug was banned in 1962, it is again being prescribed - this time for treatment for multiple myeloma and other blood cancers - which its victims, now entering old age, often destitute and in increasing pain, find difficult to accept. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)

This April 7, 1998 file photo shows capsules of the drug thalidomide at the Celgene Corp. in Warren, N.J, printed with a symbol warning pregnant or soon-to-be pregnant women against use of the drug that had caused thousands of infant deformities. It was one of epic tragedies of the mid-20th century: babies born without arms and legs, sometimes deaf or blind, sometimes with brain or heart damage - all because their mothers were nauseated or sleepless during their pregnancies and given Thalidomide to ease their symptoms. While the drug was banned in 1962, it is again being prescribed - this time for treatment for multiple myeloma and other blood cancers - which its victims, now entering old age, often destitute and in increasing pain, find difficult to accept. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)